Chemistry

How many of us know where our drinking water comes from? And how much does our perception match the actual process?

This was the theme of the Water Movie Challenge of the International Water Week Amsterdam, 2011. This video was voted as one of top 10 entries, in a 4-month online poll.

Produced by: Tzu Yi Lee
More info: IWWA 2011 Water Movie Challenge
Year: 2011
Language: English

The EU Water Initiative (EUWI) recently highlighted some of its main achievements from the last 12 months to an international audience of some 2,000+ water sector professionals attending World Water Week (WWW) in Stockholm from 21 – 26 August. In particular, some of the EUWI’s successes e.g. strengthening political commitment to support the water sector in EU Member States and in developing countries, promoting water governance and capacity building, gained specific mention.

Monterey Plus Amendments In 1994 the state contractors that deliver water to cities and agriculture met secretly in Monterey to re-write the rules of water delivery. They wanted to change the rules that protected urban areas in times of drought. This is a very difficult subject to understand but the bottom line is that the original 1960 rules were thrown out so that big agriculture and big real estate developers could have their way with a public trust resource, water. And here again, the name of Paramount Farms and Stewart Resnick comes into the story.

Originally Published by NASA Earth Observatory